English (Translated)

Hidden in the times, Recollections of over there,
That's right, we were angels.

Scattering all kinds of love from the sky above,
From this star, I want to wipe off my tears.

Say, the wide blue sky,
Looking up to it, doesn't that boil the courage...? Even now.

To my friends: However, I have lost my wings on my back,
Besides, I still have my wonderful powers.
To my friends: Embracing the lights, watching the dreams!
Look! The rainbows are placing on your eyes.

English (Translated)

Hidden in the times, Recollections of over there,
That's right, we were angels.

Scattering all kinds of love from the sky above,
From this star, I want to wipe off my tears.

Say, the wide blue sky,
Looking up to it, doesn't that boil the courage...? Even now.

To my friends: However, I have lost my wings on my back,
Besides, I still have my wonderful powers.
To my friends: Embracing the lights, watching the dreams!
Look! The rainbows are placing on your eyes.

But you said that it was dirt in the town,
Now the tears made it crystal clear.

Playing kick-the-can at the cloudy plaza, sliding down the moon,
With the arrows in the hearts, people will be falling in love.

So, depicting the visions,
We can make our magic into reality... It's the truth.

To my friends: Believe in tomorrow, if I could keep up,
I can even turn this desert into a paradise.
To my friends: I am hurt, and I must learn to go,
Now, the loveful flower buds opens in my heart.

To my friends: However, I have lost my wings on my back,
Besides, I still have my wonderful powers.
To my friends: Embracing the lights, watching the dreams!
Look! The rainbows are placing on your eyes.

Angel... Angel... Angel...
Angel... Angel... Angel...

English version (Hironobu Kagayama)

Angel, Angel, Angel...
Angel, Angel, Angel...
AaaHhh...
Buried and drowned in time,
All that's left are memories.
Just as you remember too,
We used to be Angels then.
Spreading the words from the highest of heavens,
Of love and of happiness.
Dropping seeds of peace to take away the pain and loneliness.
Why, tell me why blue sky,
When I look at you, that's right!
I feel the power of our souls,
Hear me call
To my friends, (To my friend)
We may have lost (To my friend)
Our wings with which we flew up so high.
But now,
Even now, I can feel your true mystical tide. (Wonderful world!)
To my friends, (To my friend)
Embracing the light, (To my friend)
And building hopes for the truth and our dreams,
Listen!
One day you'll find what you've been searching for.
We are friends!
Angel, Angel, Angel...
AaaHhh...

Trivia

FUNimation's dub of the equivalent episodes features excerpts from the We Were Angels ending sequence. One prominent scene in the original Japanese outro sequence was seeing Goku with angel wings and a halo, with a feather falling to the ground in a later frame. Interestingly, FUNimation's edit of these clips shows that feather falling to the ground, but does not show the angel-winged Goku.